Opinion

McCarthy, Feinstein and others extolled the compromise. Some of it is praiseworthy. But no one should kid themselves. This bill will result in damage to the environment. And it won’t end California’s water wars.

Donald Trump’s bombastic tweeting after his phone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has dragged Taiwan into a potentially disastrous confrontation with Beijing – the opposite of what those who initiated the call intended.

In June, the American Medical Association published a set of guidelines to physicians engaging with patients through online technology. The guidelines have helped open a conversation about what is available and what patients should expect.

Sears Holdings Corp. lost $748 million last quarter amid falling sales, an even worse performance than the dismal losses of the period a year earlier. There is no obvious reason that the business might improve.

When Donald Trump becomes president, Republicans plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It could either drive 3.8 million poor Californians off Medi-Cal or force the state to spend $15 billion a year to replace federal funds. Either way, it will hurt those living in Republican-represented counties the most.

The impulse is to solely blame the city of Oakland for the Ghost Ship horror. The cause of the fire hasn’t been determined yet, but we know that the artist colony has been on the city’s radar for a while. The warehouse wasn’t zoned for residential use, nor licensed to be a nightclub, but that it was doing both was no secret.